Real Space Imaging of the Microscopic Origins of the Ultrahigh Dielectric Constant in Polycrystalline CaCu3Ti4O12
S. V. Kalinin, J. Shin, G. M. Veith, A. P. Baddorf, M. V. Lobanov, H. Runge, M. Greenblatt
Abstract
The origins of an ultrahigh dielectric constant in polycrystalline CaCu3Ti4O12 (CCTO) was studied using the combination of impedance spectroscopy, electron microscopy, and scanning probe microscopy (SPM). Impedance spectra indicate that the transport properties in the 0.1 Hz .. 1 MHz frequency range are dominated by a single parallel resistive-capacitive (RC) element with a characteristic relaxation frequency of 16 Hz. Dc potential distributions measurements by SPM illustrate that significant potential drops occur at the grain boundaries, which thus can be unambiguously identified as the dominant RC element. High frequency ac amplitude and phase distributions illustrate very weak contrast at the interfaces, which is indicative of strong capacitive coupling. These results demonstrate that the ultrahigh dielectric constant reported for polycrystalline CCTO materials are related to the grain boundary behavior.
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